FAO and the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) are pleased to announce the webinar "Fertigation – a tool to simultaneously improve water and nutrient use efficiency", as part of the new series focused on sustainable plant nutrition.Following a successful first event on microbials, this new webinar will focus on fertigation, a technique that entails...

Se trata de una prioridad política, económica, social… Pero los impactos del cambio climático son ya una realidad que afecta muy especialmente a la producción y acceso a alimentos y que, por tanto, ponen en peligro nuestra seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, sobre todo de las comunidades más vulnerables. Como contrapartida, la producción ecológica y la...

In this age of restricted travel, when webinars have taken the place of conferences, at first, I missed face-to-face meetings a lot. But virtual events do allow one to get exposed to far more ideas than before.

To become more sustainable, Europe must diversify its agri-food systems. According to one EU project, this starts with promoting the cultivation and consumption of home-grown legumes. Food systems have a substantial carbon footprint, accounting for one third of greenhouse gas emissions globally. As such, there is an urgency for the sector...

The Corona pandemic has proved that digital tools can tremendously facilitate business processes and allow for many tasks to be performed remotely. This is also true for organic audits and inspections.But some limitations persist, and many people still have reservations towards new technologies. The digital future of organic audits and inspections...

Se debe comenzar a estimular mínimo 30 días después del inicio de la sangría, posterior a la renovación foliar de cada año y cuando las hojas de los árboles estén maduras. Si se presenta el fenómeno del niño o no llueve por más de 20 días es recomendable NO aplicar...

Con el fin de mejorar los sistemas de producción de cacao, se pueden aplicar las técnicas de rehabilitación y renovación. Incorporando copas de clones que mejoren las características agronómicas y aumenten los rendimientos por unidad de área. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/

The contents of the manual are intended for use by FFS facilitators and trainers in the implementation of a season-long FFS on paddy rice with a strengthened component on soil health. Some of the exercises presented in this manual were adapted from existing manuals, some were developed during a series...

Chemical or mineral fertilizers have long been touted by agro-industry and by governments as a necessity to feed the growing world population. Sixty years after the start of the Green Revolution, the damage caused to farmland, surface water and groundwater, biodiversity and farmers’ livelihoods has forced policy-makers in India and...

El Manual de Buenas Prácticas para la Agricultura Familiar en Regiones Semiáridas reúne las experiencias presentadas por los participantes de la Misión Técnica de Intercambio de Experiencias entre Países del Corredor Seco Centroamericano - Guatemala, El Salvador y Honduras, y con Colombia, Perú y Argentina, realizada en Petrolina , Pernambuco,...

On Human Rights Day, This year´s theme is a call to find solutions based on human rights to reduce inequalities. Over the past three months, we have celebrated other important observances, including FAO´s very own flagship World Food Day. In the last quarter of the year, we reached a milestone....

El tamaño del hueco dependerá del peso del cormo y la textura del suelo. Se recomiendan profundidades entre 30 y 40 cm, si al cormo se le deja un pedazo de pseudotallo. En caso contrario, se debe cubrir con una capa de suelo de 5 a 10 cm de espesor....

Construire des systèmes alimentaires durables implique de créer, d’échanger et de diffuser des savoirs et des connaissances qui soient adaptés aux défis de notre époque, aux besoins des agricultrices et agriculteurs ainsi qu’aux spécificités de chaque territoire. Les agricultrices et agriculteurs à travers le monde détiennent de nombreuses connaissances, transmises...

Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children globally and an important contributor to the burden of night blindness in pregnant women and severe illness and death in children under the age of five. Southern Africa is not spared.  In Zimbabwe, nearly one in five children under...

El objetivo de esta publicación es presentar un conjunto de estrategias que fomenten una mayor inversión de las remesas familiares en El Salvador a través de una mejor inclusión financiera, a partir del estudio de caso de la cadena de valor de tomate y chile verde. A partir de un...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (“Cooperation Framework”) is an agreement between the UN and the host government and determines a country’s development priorities as well as the UN development system’s contributions to them. As AMR hinders progress in many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), coordinated action across...

In the higher valleys of the Rioja region in Spain, farmland abandonment is an increasing problem. An Operational Group is identifying the main reasons behind this issue and carrying out activities to bring new farmers to the area and regenerate fruit production. At the same time, these actions contribute to...

A video translation workshop was organised recently in Lusaka, Zambia, by Access Agriculture to facilitate and build capacity of 12 local media practitioners and NGO representatives in translating video scripts, recording voice-overs and audio editing.

El manejo de plagas y enfermedades se hace posible a través de muchas acciones que se complementan entre sí. La mayoría de las prácticas de gestión son de largo plazo y están destinadas a prevenir el ataque de los cultivos por plagas y enfermedades. Las prácticas de gestión (manejo) se...

The author, Raj Patel, wrote an op-ed in Scientific America on why agroecology is the answer to global hunger. He eloquently demonstrated that agroecology is allowing millions of farmers to produce and share food in ways that improve nutrition, biodiversity, and quality of life.